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Talks today between representatives of North and South Korea are expected to begin a de-escalation of tensions that had, over recent months, brought North Korea alarmingly close to nuclear war. The tensions arose as a result of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and long-range missile-testing, which present a major threat to a number of aligned countries, including South Korea, Japan, the United States and, potentially, Australia.

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One thinks reunification is the only long term hope, but how you could ever do that with the Kim dynasty is hard to imagine. The Iran link is interesting. Another example of failed US middle-east policy coming home to roost?